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it is right next to Nightmare Before Christmas in true terms of what quality entertainment the human imagination can produce.
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Variety
With its brainy scientist heroine, and surreal, super-kitsch imagery, above-average Japanese anime sci-fi pic Paprika has a better chance than most Nipponese toons of breaking out of the specialty ghetto by appealing to femme auds as well as the genre's core constituency of fanboys. Full Review
Dana Stevens
Slate
One thing is for sure: The über-dream is both gorgeously animated, in Kon's shimmering, hyperreal style, and sickeningly scary. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
It's best appreciated by assuming something of a dream state ourselves and enjoying the giddy flow. Full Review
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
Satoshi Kon, whose previous film was the remarkable "Tokyo Godfathers," uses the complex plot as a pretext for joyous psychedelia. Full Review
John Anderson
Los Angeles Times
Kon's best work yet. Full Review
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